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Notification Window

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A notification window that appears on the lower right part of the screen.

Introduction

This is a WinForms component that displays a notification window in the lower right part of the screen. Just like the Outlook new mail notification. There are many possibilities to customize the appearance of the notification window:

  • scroll and/or fade window in and out
  • configure the animation speed and the time the window is displayed
  • display a custom icon
  • set title and content text, font, size, and color
  • set all paddings around icon, title and content
  • optionally display a close button
  • optionally display a button which opens a context menu

Background

This control is based on the CodeProject article An Office 2003-like popup notifier by Nicolas Wälti. I fixed a lot of bugs in the original control and added even more properties for customizing the appearance of the notification window.

Using the code

Using the notification window component is very simple. Just add a reference to "NotificationWindow.dll" to your WinForms project. A new component " will appear in the toolbox. Then drag this component to an existing form.

To show the notification, simply call the "Popup" method. However, normally you want to set some properties first to customize the appearance of the notification window.

C#
popupNotifier1.TitleText = "This is the notification title";
popupNotifier1.ContentText = "This is the notification text";
popupNotifier1.Popup();

Take a look at the demo project which shows the usage of most properties!

History

  • 2011-11-02: v1 released.

License

This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)


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GeneralMy vote of 3 Pin
bloo2k30-Sep-13 17:34
bloo2k30-Sep-13 17:34 
GeneralRe: My vote of 3 - it can be fixed Pin
RenniePet9-Aug-14 17:07
RenniePet9-Aug-14 17:07 
QuestionHow do you miniize the windows? Pin
Jacques.Williams30-Aug-13 23:49
Jacques.Williams30-Aug-13 23:49 
QuestionWhat about resize the window for longer messages? Pin
seba02011-Aug-13 21:06
seba02011-Aug-13 21:06 
BugProblem in notifier Pin
Ganesh999911-Jun-13 1:10
Ganesh999911-Jun-13 1:10 
SuggestionMultipe notifications Pin
ginge600018-Apr-13 7:26
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GeneralRe: Multipe notifications Pin
dreamgarden2-Apr-14 22:37
dreamgarden2-Apr-14 22:37 
GeneralRe: Multipe notifications Pin
Member 103386851-Jul-14 9:59
Member 103386851-Jul-14 9:59 
I get an error "no overload for Popup takes 1 arugument...how do I fix this?
GeneralMy vote of 5 Pin
Member 99673255-Apr-13 4:00
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GeneralMy vote of 5 Pin
Zephyk25-Mar-13 7:33
Zephyk25-Mar-13 7:33 
Questionmultiple windows display Pin
Member 412115015-Nov-12 4:59
Member 412115015-Nov-12 4:59 
GeneralMy vote of 5 Pin
Joezer BH7-Nov-12 18:15
professionalJoezer BH7-Nov-12 18:15 
QuestionIs this possible in web form? Pin
migsyandoc18-Oct-12 20:23
migsyandoc18-Oct-12 20:23 
QuestionWorks great! Question: Pin
Member 938870030-Aug-12 9:07
Member 938870030-Aug-12 9:07 
QuestionCan't quite get this to work. Pin
Member 835601925-Aug-12 8:12
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GeneralThanks Pin
55Cooper5527-May-12 4:11
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QuestionExcelent work Pin
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Questionright to left languages Pin
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AnswerRe: right to left languages Pin
Simon B.18-May-12 6:34
Simon B.18-May-12 6:34 
QuestionVery nice Pin
Viktor_696-Apr-12 6:57
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QuestionX| Pin
Dimitri7C31-Jan-12 14:02
Dimitri7C31-Jan-12 14:02 
AnswerRe: Error 1 Assembly generation failed -- Referenced assembly 'PopupNotifier' does not have a strong name Logic PinPopular
Simon B.18-May-12 6:27
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GeneralMy vote of 5 Pin
adrianburns23-Jan-12 2:37
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QuestionVery nice ! Pin
Wrangly16-Jan-12 10:00
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GeneralMy vote of 5 Pin
Thornik7-Nov-11 21:25
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